[ftp]

I turned up for a gutter clean on friday at an awkward property with my vac system and generator, only to be met with a barrage of abuse of how ridiculous the kit was and what a nanny state we live in! "In Spain a guy would just shin up a pole and empty them out"
I've had similar comments about the wfp system too and sometimes take their side and say yes it's stupid but it's the new health and safety laws you know. Keeps them quiet and I get on with my job.
Do you get the same negative responses!

[Paul_Rolfe]

Sometimes. One guy just laughed when i turned up with wfp. I did them once and never went back. I heard through the grapevine that a few months later he was wondering why I hadn't gone back, stupid fool, go to hell.

[stephen s]

As Trevor Perry pointed out in another post its about educating people,   and for every one that gives the sarcastic laugh as though they know it all   there are many more who are amazed and want to know more about it and think its a brilliant idea.



ftp

how do you get on with your gutter vac ?   I'm in the process of buying one and just wanted to know if there are anythings I should know about ?

[martinsadie]

I turned up for a gutter clean on friday at an awkward property with my vac system and generator, only to be met with a barrage of abuse of how ridiculous the kit was and what a nanny state we live in! "In Spain a guy would just shin up a pole and empty them out"
I've had similar comments about the wfp system too and sometimes take their side and say yes it's stupid but it's the new health and safety laws you know. Keeps them quiet and I get on with my job.
Do you get the same negative responses!

tell him to go and live in Spain 

[ftp]

Get on fine with it (it's diy but pretty close to omnivacs version). Works really well overall.
Biggest drawback is simply the amount of kit involved and the cost. It's all stored in a trailer in my garage so takes up half the garage. Now i've got so much windowcleaning work it would be better to sub the guttering out really.
Most of my guttering work gets done in the rain and for that reason I wish i'd gone for 110v vac. I may sell the unit and go down that route eventually because sooner or later I'm sure i'll get a 'belt' off it in the wet. I was tugging the vac round a corner on friday and the wires pulled out of a splash proof connector.  

[stephen s]

may I ask what is consists of and what was the total cost ?      I'm about to order the Omnivac  but was gonna order the 240V as apposed to the 110V     should I really be ordering 110V ?

[ftp]

Just popping out get back to you later.

[Paul_Rolfe]

may I ask what is consists of and what was the total cost ?      I'm about to order the Omnivac  but was gonna order the 240V as apposed to the 110V     should I really be ordering 110V ?

Yes, 110v for outdoor work, that way you won't be turned into a crispy piece of human.

[stephen s]

may I ask what is consists of and what was the total cost ?      I'm about to order the Omnivac  but was gonna order the 240V as apposed to the 110V     should I really be ordering 110V ?

Yes, 110v for outdoor work, that way you won't be turned into a crispy piece of human.

tell me more ?

[Paul_Rolfe]

What is there more to say?

110v safer. You'd need a transformer to plug into 240v.
I gotta go out  now.


Laterrrrr.

[stephen s]

What is there more to say?

110v safer. You'd need a transformer to plug into 240v.
I gotta go out  now.


Laterrrrr.

sorry am I keeping you from Church 

[ftp]

Hardly
It was based on an idea by Mr H on here last year using the same vac as Omnipole then used, sourced through Dualpumps and using S2 poles to suck the crud down. Gardiners used to do the sourcing for you but I think they stopped advertising on their site.
I bought a generator, a cheap camera from Maplins, made up a heavy duty extension lead and bolted the generator in my trailer.

Omnipole have since started to use a more powerful vac and larger diameter hose. If you rummage through the search engine there is loads of info - and abuse from Glyn at Omnipole 
Some people thought the S2 poles would wear and crumble away, i've had no problems, they are stiff, light and hard wearing.

[stephen s]

I must agree Ive found Mr H to be very helpful and informative on such matters

[Nathanael Jones]

I turned up for a gutter clean on friday at an awkward property with my vac system and generator, only to be met with a barrage of abuse of how ridiculous the kit was and what a nanny state we live in! "In Spain a guy would just shin up a pole and empty them out"
I've had similar comments about the wfp system too and sometimes take their side and say yes it's stupid but it's the new health and safety laws you know. Keeps them quiet and I get on with my job.
Do you get the same negative responses!

I just ask ppl what would happen if they got a guy in to do the job with a ladder and he fell? Would his insurance cover it,...would yours,... or would it end up going to court? It may be a nanny state, but at the end of the day, me using this method is for your protection as much as mine!

[GWCS]

I turned up for a gutter clean on friday at an awkward property with my vac system and generator, only to be met with a barrage of abuse of how ridiculous the kit was and what a nanny state we live in! "In Spain a guy would just shin up a pole and empty them out"
I've had similar comments about the wfp system too and sometimes take their side and say yes it's stupid but it's the new health and safety laws you know. Keeps them quiet and I get on with my job.
Do you get the same negative responses!

I just ask ppl what would happen if they got a guy in to do the job with a ladder and he fell? Would his insurance cover it,...would yours,... or would it end up going to court? It may be a nanny state, but at the end of the day, me using this method is for your protection as much as mine!

Exactly Nath.

[geefree]

I would have packed up there and then, 

[aiminvestor]

Hardly
It was based on an idea by Mr H on here last year using the same vac as Omnipole then used, sourced through Dualpumps and using S2 poles to suck the crud down. Gardiners used to do the sourcing for you but I think they stopped advertising on their site.
I bought a generator, a cheap camera from Maplins, made up a heavy duty extension lead and bolted the generator in my trailer.

Omnipole have since started to use a more powerful vac and larger diameter hose. If you rummage through the search engine there is loads of info - and abuse from Glyn at Omnipole 
Some people thought the S2 poles would wear and crumble away, i've had no problems, they are stiff, light and hard wearing.

Interesting comment about the camera, is it the same one as you see in some of their ads, with a hand held screen receiving a signal from a wirelss cam?

If so, what model is it and how much does it cost please?

[johnny_h]

I would have packed up there and then, 

so would i